PhD, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Doctorate in Comparative Literature
RESEARCH INTERESTS
how DNA technologies shape the human experience: from personal identity and familial truth to public discourse, law, and media ethics
storytelling, critical media studies, digital archives, AI-assisted life writing
cultural studies, immigrant story archives, border narratives, world literature
memory and collective memory
autobiography and biography, memoirs, blogs, video narratives, life writing
world literature, English/American, French, German, and Eastern European literatures and memory cultures
phenomenological hermeneutics, Dilthey, Ricoeur, Nancy
TEACHING
Full Professor, Saint Mary's College of California
VISITING POSITIONS
France, Bordeaux: University of Bordeaux (2019)
Spain, Barcelona: IAU-ACM (2024)
Argentina, Buenos Aires: University of Buenos Aires (2026)
Japan, Tokyo: Waseda University (2026)
Germany, Mainz: University of Mainz (2026)
CHAIR (current)
Dept. of World Languages and Cultures
DIRECTOR (current)
Global and Regional Studies
DIRECTOR (2020-2025)
Honors Program: developed and managed program (~250 students), cultivating excellence among high-achieving students
BOARD MEMBER/CHAIR/PRESIDENT
Global and Regional Studies, SMC
World Languages and Cultures, SMC
President, American Hungarian Educators Association
Delegate, MLA Assembly
READER and BOARD MEMBER
various scholarly journals
VOLUNTEER
teaching literacy skills in public schools for underserved children (2+ years)
teaching Hungarian language and culture to heritage speakers (10+ years)